A chronological set of press releases issued by either the White House Press Release Unit or the Press Secretary's office covering all aspects of the Ford White House. Included are transcripts of speeches, briefings, and press conferences; schedules; biographies; proposed legislation; press pool reports; etc.

COPYRIGHTGerald R. Ford donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain.

Prepared by William McNitt, May 1983; revised November 2011

INTRODUCTION

The White House Press Release Collection contains both the press releases published and distributed by the White House Press Release Unit and most of the press releases issued informally by the Press Secretary's office. The collection originally included only press releases distributed by the Press Release Unit, but a partial set of press releases collected by the National Archives have been interfiled. Most of those added were fairly routine releases of information which the Press Office distributed. Such items were usually just photocopied and released without ever being sent to the Press Release unit for publication. In all more than 10,000 press releases appear in this collection.

Related Materials
(May 1983)
A keyword index to presidential speeches, announcements, interviews, press conferences, and messages whose text were issued as press releases can be found in the collection "White House Press Release Unit: Key phrase and word index to Presidential statements."

Other related materials include both the files and papers of Press Secretary Ron Nessen. Included in the Nessen files are drafts of some of the press releases, the text of all Presidential news conferences, and all of Nessen's daily press briefings. The text of President Ford's speeches statements and press conferences are also available in the Ford volumes of the publication Public Papers of the Presidents.

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Press Releases, 1974-77.(Boxes 1-35, 14.0 linear feet)
Press releases distributed by either the Press Release Unit or the Press Office including presidential messages; presidential press conferences; some vice presidential messages; executive orders; speeches; communiques; announcements of appointments to the staff; biographical sketches; toasts and exchanges between the President and guests; statements by the President, his Cabinet or staff; fact sheets; media pool reports; and some correspondence, especially staff letters of resignation. Arranged chronologically.